Lemmie

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #9,616 · Last seen for boys in 1988 at #7,270
Given to boys 81.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1903 · 11 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
666
since 1889

Lemmie over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201900peak #1,450, 1892peak #696, 1903girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2023#9,61610—
2022#15,3065—
2021#15,2515—
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1988—#7,2705
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1966—#2,46511
1965—#3,5376
1964—#4,0395
1963—#2,8589
1962—#2,67310
1961—#2,9009
1960—#3,6656
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1958—#3,0338
1957—#3,0248
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1955—#2,55810
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1953—#3,1437
1952—#3,0957
1951#5,4145#2,13513
1950—#3,0217
1949—#2,22512
1948—#2,44310
1947—#2,25112
1946—#3,1736
1945—#3,3385
1944—#2,19511
1943#4,1966#2,7328
1942—#2,26811
1941—#1,82115
1940—#2,6718
1939—#2,05012
1938—#2,18511
1937—#3,5185
1936—#1,80115
1935#3,7426#2,39610
1934—#2,39310
1933—#2,7388
1932—#1,92215
1931—#1,53821
1930—#1,75318
1929#4,5705#3,2477
1928—#2,04815
1927—#1,95917
1926#3,2699#2,18614
1925#4,0287#2,19314
1924—#1,96417
1923—#2,02016
1922—#2,04016
1921#5,0995#2,26514
1920#3,5988#1,88518
1919#3,4528#3,3917
1918#3,8697#2,26013
1917#3,3448#1,64320
1916—#2,54310
1915#3,1348#2,45810
1914#3,1886#1,97511
1913#3,1875#1,67611
1912—#1,7469
1911#2,1916#1,1909
1910—#1,5895
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1908#1,8626—
1907#2,0615—
1906#1,9515#1,1116
1905—#1,0916
1904#1,8775—
1903—#69611
1902—#1,1375
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1900—#78511
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1898—#1,1215
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1896#1,5835#1,1015
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1893—#1,0355
1892#1,4505#1,0665
1891—#9635
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1889—#9745
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First appearance
1889

The first year at least five boys were named Lemmie! It came in at #974, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1889–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Lemmie is popular in 1900

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Lemmie
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1988
  • Biggest jump: 441 spots in 1903 (#1,137 → #696)
  • Biggest drop: 103 spots in 1892 (#963 → #1,066)
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1889
  • Peaked 1903 at #696 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1904, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1889–1903
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,839
  • Highest: 1 in 10,839 boys born in 1903 were named Lemmie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 382,857 boys born in 1988 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 22.2% of all boys named Lemmie (148) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2021
  • Mostly boys until 2020, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#974 (1889)#974
1890s25#963 (1891)#1,057
1900s39#696 (1903)#964
1910s105#1,190 (1911)#2,047
1920s148#1,885 (1920)#2,181
1930s125#1,538 (1931)#2,229
1940s98#1,821 (1941)#2,512
1950s60#2,135 (1951)#2,858
1960s56#2,465 (1966)#3,162
1970s0——
1980s5#7,270 (1988)#7,270

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lemmie in 1900

boys
#785
11 births · 1 in 13,679 boys

Top boys' names in 1900

  1. #1John9,828
  2. #2William8,579
  3. #3James7,245
  4. #4George5,403
  5. #5Charles4,098
  6. #6Robert3,821
  7. #7Joseph3,714
  8. #8Frank3,477
  9. #9Edward2,720
  10. #10Henry2,606
  11. #785Lemmie11
More about 1900

boys

150,474 boys got a published name in 1900; 1 in 13,679 of them was named Lemmie, which outranked 47.9% of the 1,506 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lemmie
  1. #743Webb12
  2. #743Wheeler12
  3. #743Wilton12
  4. #785Lemmie11
  5. #785Addison11
  6. #785Alfredo11
  7. #785Auther11
  8. #836Acie10
  9. #836Addie10
  10. #836Alvah10

Tied with 50 names at #785; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1899
Risers
  1. ↑ 561Bertha#1,051 → #490
  2. ↑ 526Wilber#928 → #402
  3. ↑ 517Lonie#1,051 → #534
  4. ↑ 517Pasquale#1,051 → #534
  5. ↑ 473Boyce#1,051 → #578
Fallers
  1. ↓ 829Dora#481 → #1,310
  2. ↓ 697Sarah#613 → #1,310
  3. ↓ 697Fannie#613 → #1,310
  4. ↓ 681Lem#481 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 656Merritt#394 → #1,050

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1900 →